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We are an independent newsroom amplifying stories that center the mobility and lived experiences of Africans on the continent and across the diaspora. Our work explores the intersections of migration with gender, education, climate change & displacement, and LGBTQ+ rights. Through narrative change and solutions-oriented journalism, we work with cross-border journalists to document the complexities of African migration and challenge biased global reporting frameworks that shape how migration is understood.
Diaspora Africa exists to reframe how African migration is understood. We center the lived experiences of African migrants to shift public perception, drive narrative change, and inform policies that shape their lives. Our work rejects uninformed, discriminatory rhetoric and advances accurate, dignified, and accountable storytelling.
Migration policies are rapidly shifting worldwide as countries expand or tighten their approaches to mobility and border control. At the same time, conflict, economic precarity, persecution, and climate-related disasters continue to drive migration and displacement across the African continent.
Despite the global attention migration receives, few African-led platforms are dedicated to documenting these realities with rigor and context. As a result, global mainstream media often dominate the narrative, relying on reporting frameworks that can reproduce reductive and harmful representations of African mobility. This gap shapes how policymakers, institutions, and the public understand migration, influencing the laws and responses that affect migrants and their communities.
We are working with local and cross-border journalists within and outside the African continent to challenge biased global reporting frameworks that shape how migration is understood. Our major interest is to disrupt extractive storytelling practices and expand the range of perspectives represented in global mainstream media discourse in terms of migration.
We are led by a multidisciplinary team with expertise across journalism, media, academia, and the nonprofit sector. We are interested in cross-border journalism and innovative storytelling shaped by African contexts and global diasporic engagement. The organization is currently independently funded by its founders.